Glass-washing machine



Sept. 15, 1925. 1,553,428

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Application'flled Ianuary i), 1922. Serial lio. 527,869.

To all whom it concern:

Be it known that I ALFRED R. BENN, a states, and a resident of Jersey City, countyv of Hudson, and State of New Jersey, have invented a newand useful Improvement in Glass-Washing Machines, of which the following isa specification. a I

The object of my invention is to provide a simple, durable, economical and efficient glass washer which will thoroughly wash glasses or other vessels that-may be placed therein. ,This object is accomplished y my invention, one embodimentof which is hereinafter more particularly set forth.

For a more detailed description of my invention, reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof, in which-- Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of a machine embodying my invention.

Figures 2, 3 and 4 are sectional views, taken on the lines 2-2, 33 and respectively of Figure 1, looking in the direction of the arrows.

Figures 5 and 6 show a novel form of pump which is used in this machine, Figure 5 being a sectional view, taken on the line 5-5 of Figure 6, and Fi re 6 being'a sectional view taken on the line 66 of Figure 5, looking in the direction of the arrows.

diigure 7 is a sectional View showing a part of the apparatus which sprays the in terior and exterior of glasses.

Figure 8 shows a frictional gear and parts connected therewith.

Figure 9 is a sectional view of a preferred form of nozzle.

Throughout the various views of the drawings, similar reference characters designate similar parts. I

My improved washing machine 1. is provided with le s or other suitable supports 2 which are b ted, or otherwise suita cured, t0 the base 3 and this base has preferably an integral outflow chamber 4 which is surmounted'by tanks 5 and 6 which carry the glass receiving chamber 7 which is surmounted by a cover 8 which carries spraying devices which will be described below.

re 4, so as to nest close together and provlde an exterior space for the mechanism which drives the washer,

The base 3 also carries an adjustably mounted table 9 on which is placed a motor 10 w1th ts armature shaft 11 connected by a coupling 12 with the main shaft 13 of the machine. This shaft 13 .carries a worm 14 mounted in a suitable housing '15 thatifis supported by a bracket 16' from the base 31 and this shaft 13 passes through a packing box 17 and thence through a double centrifugalpump 18 and into a bearing 19 ,which I is set .in the outer wall of the chamber 5.

"The center of the pump 18 is supported by the partition '20 which separates the chambers 5 and 6. The pump 18 is preferably of the centrifugal form and has two outer shells 21 and 22 which are held together by suitable tie bolts 23. Each shell has a flared side 24 with a central opening 25 through which the shaft 13 passes in the conventional manner. The flared parts 24 are so made with a view to crowding the water which enters the pump against the blades 26 which are fixed to the shaft 13 and run close to the interior of the shells 21 and 22. The shaft 13 is journaled midway between these shells in a suitable bushing 27 which is held in place by a nut 28, the bushing and nut having flanges 29 with recesses 30 by means of which they may be readily inserted or removed. 'When the shaft 13 rotates, water is drawn through the openings 25 and forced against the interior peripheries of the shells 21 and 22 until it escapes through suitable openings that are connected with the pipes 31 and 32 respectively. These pipes pass through the chambers5 and 6 to the vertical manifolds 33 and 34 which are connected to upper, chambers 35 and 36 r spectively and lower chambers 37 and 8 respectively-Figure 7Figure 3Figure 2. It is obvious that when the pump -18 is in action the pipes 31 and 32 will supply. water above and below glasses in the washing chamber 7. These glasses are inserted or removed through the opening 76 at the 7 tank 5 and the other to the tank 6, which also are described below.

In Figure 9 is shown a preferred form of form of a cylinder with a cylindrical opening 40 at one end and a conical opening 41 at the other, which openingsare connected nozzle 39 which is preferably made in the i the conical end 41 will facilitate the cleanwater chambers and 36 with the conical end down and the cylindrical end projecting above the plate serves the purpose of keeping the sediment away from the sprays and allowing the sediment to flow back to the manifold and so back to the water tank.

Below the stuffing box 17 is placed a funnel 43Figure 1 which is connected to the sewer chamber 4 and this chamber has a drain pipe 44 running therefrom to the sewer in the conventional manner. The chamber 4 is connected with the chambers 5 and 6 through suitable, removable overflow pipes 45 in 46, as shown in Figure 4-.

The upper and outer edge of the chamber 5 is provided with a small drain pipe 47 which runs to a. soap receiving chamber 48 which is level with the bottom of the washing chamber 7 and connected therewith with an over flow pipe 49. The soap receiving chamber is closed by a perforated cover plate 50 from which glasses are fed to the nriachine and on which the washed glasses are placed. It is obvious that water will drain through the perforations in this cover 50 and on to the soap in the chamber 48 so that soapy water will flow through the pipes 49 and 47 and into the chamber 5.

shown in Figure 1, and these balls 58 are The worm 14 drives a worm gear 51 which is fixed to a suitable, vertical shaft 52 which has its bottom journaled in the casing 15 and its 'upper end passes through a bearing 53 in the base of the chamber 7 and the extreme upper end of this shaft 52 is provided with a spur gear 54 which meshes with an annular gear 55 that has a set of friction devices 56 (see Figure 8) in its outer periphery which engage a smooth cylindrical surface of the rotary table 57 which carries the glasses or other vessels which are washed by the machine while driven by a frictional drive. This frictional drive prevents breakage when the turn table gets jammed, as by a broken glass. This rotary table is carried on balls 58 which run in a race 59 which is carried in the base of the chamber 7, as

surmounted by a horizontal flange 60 of the table; Screws 61 held in brackets 62 secured to the bottom of the chamber 7 keep the gear 55 from rising and the center of the table 57 is surmounted by a cap 63 [which covers the ball bearings and gears 54 and 55 and parts connected. therewith so that under no circumstances can the same get wet.

The table 57 carries'a number of project- 'ing arms 64 which are fixed thereto in any sels are placed when being washed in the machine. These mats pr ferably have a number of space bars 66 held in any suitable way so that the glasses placed thereon may be washed with ease and facility and that water may pass from the same without hindrance.

The to'ps'of the chambers 37 and 38.Figure 2 preferably surmounted with ribbed plates which carry the-nozzles 39, as above specified, the purpose of the ribs being to keep the nozzles short and freefrom the over flow of returning water.

This water runs in two directions, the soapy water being drained into the tank 5 and the clear water running into the tank 6 and all this water running on each side of the ribs, just mentioned.

In the foregoing has been described two of thesets of sprays for spraying the glasses washed in this machine. It will be noted that water used for spraying the glasses is supplied in great quantities and is used over and over again. In addition to the foregoing additional sprays of hot water are supplied bymeans of a pipe 67 which runs to a T68 which hasone branch connected to a hot water pipe 69 and another branch lower nozzles 39 and over these chambers and into the chambers 5 and 6 respectively, so as to keep, as nearly as may be, the soapy water in the chamber 5 and rinsing water in the chamber 6.

In'view of the foregoing the operation of my machine will be readily understood. Assuming that glasses are in place on the parts 66 and the motor 10 is operating and that pump 18 is functioning so as to send a strong stream of water through each of the pipes 31 and 32 and that fresh water of a desired temperature is entering through the pipe 67; the glasses are first carried between the upper chamber 35 and lower chamber 37 so that the glasses are subjected to numerous strong streams of soapy water and from there they pass between the hot washing water chambers 74 which are free from soap and from there as the table 57 rotates, these glasses are passed to the rinsing water sprays between the chambers 36 and 38 and from thence to the clear and final rinsing sprays between the chambers 7 5 so that when the glasses come adjacent to the opening 76, they may be easily removed and new lasses ma be put in their laces on the Ears 66. his process of was ing may be carried indefinitely, the proper water evel being maintained by the pipes 45, and the the amount and temperature is controlled by the valves 71. It will be noted that althou h the mats form an annular support for t e glasses, they will receive the same thorough washing wherever placed because the nozzles 39 are disposed so as to produce this result. The glasses emerge from the washer clean, glistening and well washed and fit for any use to which they may be p While I have shown and described one embodiment of my invention, it is obvious that it is not restricted thereto, but that it is broad enough to cover all structures that come within the scope of the annexed claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim 1s:

1. In a machine of the class described, a rotary table having an internal circular surface, an annular gear with an external surface connected frictionally to said first surface, and means for driving said annular gear.

2. In a machine of the class described, a

ball bearing, a table carried by said ba driven by said pinion, frictional devices mounted on the external surfaceof said annularv gear, a rotary table to be advanced by said frictional devices, and ball bearings for carrying this table.

4. In a machine of .the class described, means for washing glasses, including a pumpand apartition dividing said pump into two parts, a bushing extending through said partition, a nut for securing said bushing in place, a shaft mounted in said,bushing and rotors fixed to said shaft and means for spraying glasses simultaneously from each side of the pump.

5. In amachine'of the class described, means for washing glasses, a chamber for receiving water after the same has washed glasses, means for returning the water to the glasses, a soap box connected to said chamber, a perforated cover for said soa box, so that the soapy water may be use for washing glasses.

6. In amachine of the class described, means for washin glasses with soa y water, means for r nsing the glasses w1th clean water, two chambers adapted to re ceive these various waters so that the soapy water and the rinsing water should always be kept distinct and separated, means for reusin the soapy water and means for reusing he rinsing water and removable over flow pipes laced in each chamber, means for supplying fresh water to the soapy water compartment and means for supplying fresh water to the rinsing water compartment,.so that when the machine is in use the soapy Water and the rinsing water will be always kept distinct and constantly renewed and maintained at the proper level.

7. A machine of the class described em bodying an annular washing chamber, a ro tary conveyor operable within said chamber and adapted to support articles to bewashed, means for washin said articles during passage through said chamber, a

prime, mover, operative connections between the prime mover and the rotary conveyor for driving the latter from the former, said operative connections embodying friction drive means adapted to permit slippage in the event articles become jammed in the washing chamber.

,8. A machine of the class described embodying a container for washing water," a container for rinsin water, an annular washing chamber positioned above said containers, a portion of the bottom of the washing chamber being sloped to drain into the container for the washing water and another portion of the bottom of the washing chamer being sloped to drain into the container for the rinsmg water, a rotary conveyor operable within the washing chamber and adapted to support articles .to be washed,

means for spraying washing water from the washing Water container onto the articles during their passage through that portion of the washing chamber whereat its bottom slopes in the direction of the washing water container, and means for spraying'rinsing water from the rinsing water container onto the articles during their passage through that portion of the Washlng chamber at which its bottom'slopes in the direction of the rinsing water container, whereby the rinsing and washing waters are segregated.

9.-A machine of the class described embodying an annular washing chamber, a rotary conveyor operable Within said chamher and adaptedto support articles to be washed, means operable to spray a detergent water solution on said articles during I the travel of said articles, and means for vsegregating the first two waters from the clear, hot water onto said articles during a further part of their travel, means, including a pump element, for spraying said articles with rinsing water during a still further part, of their travel, and means, in-

dependent of the pump elements, for spraying the articles through a still further part of their travel, whereby said articles are successively passed {through four distinct spraying operations.

11. A machineof the class described embodying an annular washing chamber, a rotary conveyor operable within said chamber and adapted to' support articles to be washed, a container for a detergent solution, a container for rinsing water, means for delivering the detergent solution from its container to the articles in the form of a spray during the passage ofv said articles through a portion of the washing chamber, and means for delivering rinsing water from its container to the articles in the form of a spray during a further part of the travel of said articles, the bottom of-the washing chamber being sloped to return the deter gent solution to the container from whence it came and the rinsing water to the container from whence it came, whereby the detergent solution and rinsing water may be repeatedly used and are precluded from commingling with one another.

12. A machine of the class described embodying an annular washing chamber, a re. tary conveyor operable within said chamber and adapted .to support articles to be washed, a container for a detergent solution, a container for rinsing water, means for delivering the detergent solution from'its con tainer to the articles in the form of a spray during the passage of said articles through a portion of the washing chamber, and means for delivering rinsing water from its containerto the articles in the form of a spray during a further part of the travel of said articles, the bottom of the washing chamber being sloped to return the detergent solution to the container from whence it came and therinsing water to the container from whence it'came, whereby the detergent solution and rinsing water may be repeatedly used and are precluded from commingling with one another, in combination with means for spraying the articles with clear, unused water after they have been sprayed with the detergent solution and prior to spraying with the rinsing water, and means for a ain spraying the articles with clear unuse water after they have been sprayed with the rinsing water.

13. A machine'of the class described em, bodying an annular washing chamber, a ro tary conveyor operable withlnsaid chamber and adapted to support articles to be washed, a container for a detergent solution, a container for rinsing water, means for delivering the detergent solution from its container to the articles in the form of a spray during the passage of said articles through a portion of the washing chamber,

andmeans for delivering rinsing water from its container to the articles in the form of a spray during a further part of the travel of said articles, the bottom of theticles with clear unused water after they have been sprayed with the rinsing water, the Water from the last clear spraying operation being adapted to commingle with the rinsing water and flow therewith to the rinsing Water container.

14. -A washing machine having'a vertical shaft, .a table driven by said shaft, means for carrying dishes on said table, means for spraying said dishes when on the table, two annular chambers under a portion of said table, a motor under another portion of said table, a pump common to said chambers and means for driving both the pump and vertical shaft from said motor.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 3rd day of January, 1922.

ALFRED R. BEN N 

